Thread 717201350

What's the point of spending hundreds on a handheld when you can get a 70$ controller for your phone?

>>717201350 (OP)
undesirable latency from streaming to play actual games and being able to play those games offline
not wanting to waste my phone's battery when i still need it as an actual phone

>>717201350 (OP)
some of us actually get calls and messages.

>>717201350 (OP)
Phones heat up way too much when gaming.

for under $200 you can get an android phone that plays switch and 3ds games, plus a controller. There's so many phones on the market they're cheap af for a snapdragon whatever. i have 3 phones

>>717201732
I came to this thread to write exactly this.
Yeah i dont want my phone to fucking die a premature death and/or overheat.
Replacing or buying a new little portable console/pc is much less of a hassle than buying AND reinstalling apps, contacts etc & redoing everything on a brand new phone.

>>717201574
What do you mean streaming? Dont those controllers play actual games from the app stores?

>mobile gaming
Turd worlder thread.

>>717202013
Yeah dont listen or even reply to that actual retard. OP's pic's controllers are USB-c , not bluetooth and dont have latency/ bluetooth shit.

>>717202013
>>717202107
You're both fucking stupid. I mean streaming because who the fuck actually wants to play Play store games? Actual good games you can play via game pass/steam link etc but then you have to deal with latency.

>>717201350 (OP)
You know, I thought about this. Was looking to get a blocked, high end phone for cheap and make it a Emu machine but then

>>717201732

So yeah, maybe not worth it.

>>717201350 (OP)
It's a controller for your phone

>>717202393
can you name some "actual good games"?

>>717202393
>streaming
>playstore gaymes
Who said ANYTHING about streaming, and who gives a fuck about streaming? OP never mentioned that word either. Streaming normie faggot.
If i wanted to play console or PC games id do that in front of a TV or PC.
I'd rather use a phone controller for emulation

>>717201350 (OP)
Do neither and just use your computer
I have basically 0 opportunity to use a phone or a handheld in public nor the inclination to play vidya 24/7

>>717201350 (OP)
How the fuck is that piece of plastic crap seventy bucks?

>>717203081
Phone or handheld to play games*

>>717201350 (OP)
>Phone

>>717203137
> Logistics.
> "Design Costs"
> Tariffs
> in general cooked market regarding controllers.
Yeah that's about it.

>>717202013
What games? Candy crush?

>>717202763
Literally any game that isn't on the app store like 99% of games out there you dense retard?
>>717202880
Try actually reading the OP before making retarded posts maybe? He asked why spend hundreds on a handheld when you can just get a controller for your phone. How about wanting to play actual video games that aren't on the play store for one reason? To do that you have to stream.
If all you want to do is emulate though then yeah go wild with your phone I guess. Dumb cunt.

Phones are fucking shit for emulating everything stronger than a 3ds and the screen is just too small

>>717203505
Because generally you would only use a handheld if you are on vacation away from home and don't have access to your main PC/Console.
And for those few days the app store games or emulating old games is enough entertainment.

>>717201350 (OP)
I got one of these for $29
It's bigger, more comfortable, has rumble, and it has both wired and bluetooth modes for retarded publishers like tencent that only allow wireless controllers to work with their shit games.
Only problem is there's no headphone jack.

>>717204023
Looks decent, but i hope for your sake that it has Hall effect joysticks. Once you try Hall effect there's no going back to the clunkier, drifting crappy typical joysticks. It feels so much smoother

>>717204295
It does have hall effect sticks, yeah

>>717204023
Look neat anon

what games??

it's what I did. I'm living a gaming renaissance.

>>717210438
dead cells

>>717201350 (OP)
My current Backbone has a loose/wiggly left stick, I wonder if it’s worth sending it somewhere for repairs or getting a new one.